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Yahoo's Jeff Passan reports that the Royals and Wily Peralta have agreed to a new deal that will guarantee the right-hander $3.25 million and include a mutual option for 2020.

The Royals held a $3 million option on Peralta that they could have picked up. This saves them a little money next year -- he'll earn $2.25 million instead -- and tacks on a $7 million mutual option with a $1 million buyout. Peralta became the Royals' closer by default last season, and he finished with a 3.67 ERA and 14 saves in 34 1/3 innings, even though he walked 23 batters. The stuff is there for him to remain useful in short relief, and since the Royals aren't looking to contend in 2019, it's possible he'll remain in the closer's role. Oct 31 - 2:23 PM

Wily Peralta pitched out of a bases loaded jam to record a save Tuesday in Cincinnati.

Tasked with protecting a one-run lead, Peralta issued a one-out walk and single and then a two-out infield single brought Joey Votto to the plate with the bases loaded, but the slugger grounded out weakly to second base. Peralta has walked 23 over 32 1/3 innings but is now a perfect 14-for-14 in save opportunities as a Royal. Sep 25 - 10:47 PM

Wily Peralta allowed a run on two hits with a walk, but was still able to pick up a save against the Tigers on Sunday.

Peralta was extremely shaky in this one -- as he often is -- but the two-run cushion was enough for the right-hander to pick up his 13th save of the season. Peralta actually hasn’t blown a save this year, but he’s walked 22 hitters in 33 ⅓ innings, and his 4.02 ERA isn’t what you’re looking for in an elite closer. It’ll be interesting to see if this is a position the Royals address in the offseason. Sep 23 - 4:04 PM

Wily Peralta locked down his 12th save of the season on Friday, striking out a pair in his scoreless inning of work against the Tigers.

Tasked with protecting a one-run lead, Peralta didn't make things easy on himself. He gave up a leadoff single to Ronny Rodriguez and a one-out walk to Nicholas Castellanos, before striking out Dawel Lugo and Jim Adduci to end the contest. Peralta is now a perfect 12-for-12 in save chances on the season and could push to keep the gig heading into the 2019 campaign. Sep 21 - 10:39 PM

Depth Charts

Salvador Perez will undergo ligament surgery on his left thumb on Tuesday.

Perez injured his thumb in late-August and played through it down the stretch, but he'll take care of it now that the regular season has concluded. The surgery isn't expected to impact his offseason conditioning program and he should be ready to resume hitting by late December, so it shouldn't impact his availability for the start of 2019. Perez, 28, batted .235/.274/.439 in 129 games this season while amassing 27 homers and 80 RBI.

Danny Duffy (shoulder) has indeed been shut down for the remainder of the 2018 season.

Royals manager Ned Yost confirmed the news on Wednesday morning. Duffy made an early exit from his start Tuesday night against the Indians after suffering another left shoulder impingement, and he won't have enough time to get back in full health. The 29-year-old southpaw finishes the season with an 8-12 record, 4.88 ERA, 1.49 WHIP, and 141/70 K/BB ratio in 28 starts covering 155 innings. He is still owed more than $46 million on a contract that will run through 2021.

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